In a recent Yale University survey of about 2,000 overweight women, 53 percent of those polled said co-workers stigmatized
them, and 43 percent said their employers stigmatized them.

-Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16755130/

Employment termination is often the result of prejudiced employers and arbitrary weight standards, where body weight is
not related to job-related duties. Many terminated employees in existing cases also received good-to-excellent job performance
ratings, suggesting the prejudiced employers are responsible.